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ITF in Canada shows seafarers the way home
Seafarers must speak up and then they can be repatriated, argues a senior name within the International Transport Workers’ Federation…
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Crew change blah blah
The UK crew change summit has yielded nothing to fix the seafarer repatriation issue, warns an irate Frank Coles from…
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Ships today are travelling 17.4% slower than before Lehman Brothers collapsed
Cargoes are taking ever longer to reach their destinations in the continued fallout shipping has felt from the global financial…
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Abandoned crew scrawl their desperate plight along ship’s hull
Twelve crewmembers onboard the 1985-built 5,500 dwt oil tanker are desperately looking for help as the vessel has been stranded…
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China Merchants appoints new chairman
Chinese state-owned multi-sector conglomerate China Merchants Group has announced that it has appointed Miao Jianmin as its new chairman, replacing…
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Welland Canal collision captured on video
A couple of locals were in the right place at the right time to capture video of the collision between…
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Thirteen countries sign crew change pact
Thirteen countries have agreed to new international measures to open up foreign borders for seafarers and increase the number of…
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Unique lever: Unilever’s net zero emissions commitment forces shipping change
Chief correspondent Jason Jiang assesses what Unilever’s recent net zero emissions commitment for all its products by 2039 means for…
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Shipbroker teams with Microsoft to unlock answers to the chemical trades
Chemical tanker brokers SPI Marine have teamed with Microsoft in a bid to bridge the gap between data and decision-making…
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Weekly Broker: Cape scramble
The dry bulk sale and purchase market has stayed bullish this past week with large size vessels being the main…
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Hong Kong tanker banned from UAE waters for illegal bunkering
UAE’s Federal Transport Authority has announced that it has banned a Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker from entering the country’s ports…
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Overhaul of MLC sought to reveal the real numbers of suicides at sea
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is seeking changes to the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) to better reflect the true…
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EU takes aim at ‘insufficient’ measures taken by the IMO and maps its own green shipping agenda
The European Union has splintered global shipping regulation, taking more firm, decisive action on the environment on Tuesday than the…
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Overthinking it: How the environment will impact shipping
Continuing his contrarian series for Splash, Charlie Du Cane, commercial director at Seastar Maritime, assesses where big names in the…
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Sailors’ Society finally finds a new CEO
After a 16-month gap Sailors’ Society will finally have a new CEO this September. Sara Baade will take the post…
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Cosco and Alibaba join forces in bid to transform shipping
Chinese state-run shipping giant Cosco Shipping has entered into an agreement with e-commence conglomerate Alibaba and its fintech affiliate Ant…
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New report urges shipping to build on aviation’s sustainable fuel lead
Not for the first time in recent weeks shipping has been urged to take a leaf out of the aviation…
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Nomikos bulker charged in Philippine trawler collision case
The Philippine Coast Guard has filed criminal charges against the owner and crew of the bulk carrier , accused of…
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Shipping’s darkest secret: suicides at sea
Shipping has been accused of covering up the numbers of suicides at sea with urgent calls to be more transparent…
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India welcomes 20,000 teu ships for the first time today in crew change operation
India welcomes today the largest ever boxships to call at the country. However, the trio of 20,000 teu ships are…
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